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    Finishing and Polishing Brass

    Whoa! Thanks for the great reply.
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    Finishing and Polishing Brass

    That's an interesting point, I'll try it with starting with a finer grit for initial sanding.
  3. Peterpasha

    Finishing and Polishing Brass

    Thanks for all the advice, I will try Peter T's method of different directions for different grits and see if I can get a better finish. When I started out, I was making pens out of copper which finishes and polishes beautifully but is a cast-iron bitch to machine. I would have to stop and...
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    Finishing and Polishing Brass

    I make pens in a Taig lathe, usually brass either left bright or electroplated copper. My question is about finishing and polishing brass. This is after 4 hours of using progressively finer grits of sandpaper, starting at 320 and ending at 12,000, followed by polishing with dialux yellow and...
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